Joining me on the Feisworld Podcast today is Jordan Clayton, an SVP of UX (User Experience) at Arnold Worldwide.

UX has become increasingly popular over the years across all the industries (technology, marketing, medicine and beyond), but most schools still haven’t figured out a systematic and effective way to help students learn more and be properly trained on UX. As a result, many young, ambitious, creative souls find it challenging to find a UX position they qualify for.

This podcast isn’t a your crash course to UX, but a lesson with deep insights to how a UX designer thinks, what he looks for in hiring, what prototyping is. Jordan offers his point of view, lessons learned and interplays through his unique career path.

Jordan also argues that UX isn't just about making things useful and usable, but more fun, compelling, inspiring and more emotionally engaging as well.

Beyond UX, Jordan is known as a well-dressed charismatic leader in the office. How does he achieve this kind of credibility? The answers live in his cross-disciplinary vision to design, fashion and music. And Jordan appreciates small things life, every day.

I hope you enjoy this conversation and thank you so much for choosing to spend your time with us. I feel very privileged to be able to do this.

To learn more about Jordan, connect with him on LinkedIn. He admits that he's most actively on Twitter (@jordan001).

Show Notes (Time is Approximate):

• How long have you been here [at Arnold] and what exactly is it that you do here? [5:00]
• What are some of the things you were doing early on in your career that everybody else around you wasn’t? (counterintuitive learnings) [10:00]
• Most people struggle with presentation skills. How do you prepare yourself for a client presentation? How did you learn in school and on the job? [12:30]
• What do you look for in a new hire? [17:30]
• What are some of the things that you want people to know about you at Arnold, but they don’t yet? [20:00]
• What are some of the off-brand, off-work styles that you like? [23:30]
• What do you think is the latest thing that you’ve learned? [26:00]
• What do you do in the first half an hour or sixty minutes of your day? [28:00]
• Close the day with good feelings, thoughts, and set the tone for the next day. [30:30]
• How do you go about meditation, what's your approach? [32:30]
• One of the struggles I have is healthy eating, and I’m looking for tips from people who seem like they live healthy lifestyles [35:00]
• Where did you go for your last vacation - private island?! Once in a lifetime experience [37:30]
• Family influence - photography, music, entrepreneurship [40:30]
• What does living and fulfilling life mean to you? [45:30]
• What is it that you love? What sparkles joy into you? [49:00]